Counsel, Digital Transformation, Optimization

• Collaborate with the business to bring to market and scale new product and service offerings
• Independently structure, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements with Mastercard customers and partners within the payments ecosystem (e.g. acquirers, issuers, merchants, processors, vendors, and other stakeholders)
• Provide detailed legal advice to the business on a wide range of product development, commercial and contractual matters
• Work cross-functionally with various product and legal teams, including data privacy, intellectual property, anti-trust, regulatory affairs, public policy, and franchise functions to provide holistic support to Mastercard global and regional products strategy
• Work with internal and external regulatory counsel and regional colleagues to help ensure compliance with laws and government regulations relating to Mastercard consumer products
• Advise business teams in monitoring and evaluating applicable laws and government regulations affecting the operation and product development of Mastercard Optimization products
• Implement improvements and efficiencies in the product development process
• Develop strong relationships with key internal stakeholders, including product, business and sales teams, and senior management in the regions
• Assist with the creation of project plans, trackers, training materials and guides, and provide training for business clients and law department colleagues

• Minimum four years of solid technology, commercial transactions, complex negotiations, and/or payments experience required
• Qualified lawyer with a solid academic and training background, licensed to practice in the relevant jurisdiction in which the job is located
• Able to analyze and identify core legal issues, skilled at explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly
• Working knowledge of data privacy, regulatory, and intellectual property issues and how they relate to emerging technology
• A fast learner who can gain rapid familiarity with complex products, services and legal frameworks and maintain knowledge of those changing products, services and legal frameworks
• Should have a positive can-do attitude, willing to take initiative and ready to go the extra mile
• Solutions-oriented with excellent time management, planning and organizational skills
• Able to work flexibly under pressure and with tight deadlines
• Strong drafting, writing, oral communication and negotiating skills, able to effectively communicate vision and more detailed approaches to a wide variety of stakeholders
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with proven experience in relationship building and partnering with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Global mindset and in-house experience, particularly in a multi-national company, is preferred
• Must be flexible, solutions oriented and able to multi-task within tight timelines

Global mindset and in-house experience, particularly in a multi-national company

• insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
• flexible spending account and health savings account
• paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)
• 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire
• 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
• 401k with a best-in-class company match
• deferred compensation for eligible roles
• fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
• eligibility for tuition reimbursement
• annual bonus or commissions depending on the role